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-By Vishal SinghCentre for Excellence in Basic Sciences, Mumbai The Indian subcontinent lies right above the equator with the tropic of cancer stabbing right through 8 of its states. This localization on the globe, revolution of our planet around the sun and the tilt in the Earth’s axis contribute to the country getting a fair share of all seasons annually. But do these seasons contribute to something other than the scenic beauty and the annual crop yield data? Have you…

-ByAbhijeet MahatoIndian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur There is a collection of involuntary actions that our body carries out without we being aware of it such as breathing, blinking of our eyes, respond to stimuli, etc. You know one such semi-voluntary action that doesn’t require much of your conscious effort is walking. But do you know among all 4 limbed mammals, we are the only permanent bipedal (i.e. use only two limbs for primary motion)? So, what is bipedalism? Bipedalism means locomoting…

-By Akshat MishraCentre for Excellence in Basic Sciences, Mumbai It is always a fun exercise to play with your image in the mirror. Inspite of being right in front of you, it tricks you like nothing else. If you raise your right hand the image raises it’s left. But if you raise your hand up, the image also raises it up, not down. So what is exactly happening over here? After all the mirror is just a plane surface. How…

In this modern world of music industry and passion an entirely new tread of Beat-Boxing is at a swift rise. In recent years it beat-boxing has evolved to whole new level. From Beat-Box battles to independent Beat-Boxers on YouTube/on streets, it is no more confined to a trend or talent, it is becoming a culture. At present there are various communities promoting and evolving beat-boxing all across the world. The fact that beat-boxing a form of music which doesn’t require…

During my childhood, I have observed my father taking some extra time to catch up with the radio every time we had plans to go out to a faraway destination. Earlier it appeared to me as one of his daily habits similar to that of checking out the daily news broadcasts. But, apparently, as I grew up I realized he used to wait for the traffic updates of the major roads of our town. As a pre-teen, for me, it…

When ‘Geometry’ was first introduced to me in my 5th grade, I really disliked it a lot. But, being a Fine Arts student as well, I learned how each and every piece of art begins and comprises of basis shapes only. Today, in this fast-changing world of science and technology, geometry is playing an important role in a very hideous way that we even fail to notice it sometimes. It is surely no more confined only to mathematics. To be…

Did you notice anything strange in the sky on the mornings or night of 13th and 14th December? Many of you must have read or might be knowing what it was. But, if you have seen and yet have no idea about it, then, let me tell you, you just witnessed the marvelous Geminids Meteor Shower. Time to know more about it. The Geminids Shower is unique as it is a meteor shower confirmed to be caused by an asteroid.  In general,…

Most of you must have experienced personally or have heard about electric shocks and also know how lethal it can be in some cases. Its something which are taught and made aware of to the children from a very young age. The knowledge about electric shocks is also a very important lesson when it comes to personal safety and first-aid. Multiple warning boards can be seen at places that read “CAUTION- High Voltage” which is a clear sign to us…

In the movie, “Interstellar” when Joseph Cooper returned back to Earth to her daughter Murph, he was way too younger than her while was almost on her death-bed. This is really a fascinating fact about space travel. But, why does this happen? This can be explained through the special theory of relativity. The two major concepts of SR that provide the explanation to this are- Length Contraction Time Dilation What is Length Contraction? The length of any object in a…

With the upcoming of digitalization, payments are no more a great deal of cash. Electronic payments or online payment is fast growing these days as it is an easy and convenient way of carrying on transactions. Today there is no need to visit banks or ATMs anymore if you want to go shopping a card or even your mobile phone is also enough for you to keep going. But, have you ever thought how the entire dynamics behind these electronic…